The Rockets didn’t have time to say their farewells to guards Isaiah Canaan and Alexey Shved, who both left in the middle of practice after being traded moments before the NBA trade deadline on Thursday. Canaan has been with the Rockets since he was drafted in 2013 (34th overall pick). This season, he played in […] …

Rockets guard Isaiah Canaan on Sunday was assigned to the team’s NBA D-League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the team announced. Canaan played in 23 games for the Rockets this season and has started nine of those contests. He averaged 6.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 15.6 minutes per game. This is […] …

DENVER – Timing seemed to be taunting, or at least testing, Rockets guard Isaiah Canaan. Canaan had just put up his career-high scoring night and followed it with 13 points in the first half against Chris Paul and the Clippers. Pat Beverley was still out. Canaan had gone from watching to starting. Late in the […] …

For a second consecutive game, the Rockets could get one of their injured players back on Wednesday, with guard Isaiah Canaan expected to return after missing seven games with a sprained ankle. Dwight Howard returned on Saturday. Forwards Kostas Papanikolaou and Terrence Jones, and guard/forward Francisco Garcia are out, but Papanikolaou hopes to return to […] …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Rockets guard Isaiah Canaan joined teammates for most of the usual pregame drills on Thursday with hopes that he could be cleared to return from his sprained ankle on Saturday. With no practice time between Thursday’s game in Sacramento and Saturday’s in Houston against the Denver Nuggets, Canaan might be held out […] …

Rockets guard Isaiah Canaan was no longer wearing a walking boot or using crutches but remained out of Monday’s practice and will not play Wednesday against the Grizzlies. He was, however, much better than it appeared he would be after spraining his left ankle on Saturday. “It’s feeling a lot better,” Canaan said. “We’ll see. […] …

MILWAUKEE – Nick Johnson knows being a rookie is no excuse. The Rockets guard has no choice but to grow up in a hurry now that the team is down another guard. Backup point guard Isaiah Canaan went out Friday with a sprained ankle. Starter Pat Beverley is out battling a strained hamstring. Johnson, 21, […] …

The competition for the Rockets’ backup point guard role would still seem too close to call midway through the preseason. Ish Smith has generally worked as the first point guard off the bench behind Pat Beverley, but Isaiah Canaan’s play has improved in the past two games. “Isaiah struggled for a while earlier in camp, […] …

The question might be a form of small talk typical around the NBA when summer finally makes way for fall, but given the changes in the Rockets’ roster and how much remains at stake it seemed more meaningful than discussing the weather. What could be the most important development of the Rockets’ preseason? An agent […] …